Author Question: In Arizona v. Gant (2009), the Supreme Court ruled: a. when a police officer makes a lawful ... (Read 47 times)

casperchen82 · **on:** Aug 16, 2018

In Arizona v. Gant (2009), the Supreme Court ruled:

a. when a police officer makes a lawful custodial arrest of an occupant of an automobile, he may alwayssearch the passenger compartment.
b. police may search a vehicle incident to an occupant's arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance ofthe passenger compartment at the time of the search or it's reasonable to believe the vehicle containsevidence related to the offense of arrest.
c. police may search a vehicle's passenger compartment incident to a lawful custodial arrest of an occupant ifthey have probable cause to search.
d. police must rely on inventory searches in order to search the passenger compartment of a vehicle.

Question 2

New York v Belton (1981) extended the Chimel rule to:

a. searches of passengers in the context of an otherwise lawful arrest.
b. interior vehicle searches when the individual arrested is outside the car.
c. dwelling searches incident to arrest when the seizure occurs in the front yard.
d. any area that the arrestee can see from where they are at the time of the arrest.